Indie-folk artist Lissie, announces new album Carving Canyons, and shares lead single Flowers. The accompanying summer-filled video finds her enjoying life in the country.
With Sonnets for Albert, Trinidad-born poet Anthony Joseph returns to the autobiographical material explored in his earlier collection Bird Head Son. Cafe Oto are hosting a special launch event on Thursday, 23 June 2022.
Rachael Dadd has announced the release of her new album ‘Kaleidoscope’, her second album for Memphis Industries (out on 14th October). She has shared a beautiful video for the album’s lead single ‘Moon Sails’ which was filmed on Severn Beach.
In a BBC Radio 4 series, Rhiannon Giddens looks at how African American roots music has been whitewashed from the history of American folk and country music. She looks at the contributions made by black musicians including Frank & Joe Thompson, Arnold Shultz & DeFord Bailey.
In a visually stunning video, composer and pianist Koki Nakano invites renowned choreographer Marion Motin and her young son to perform to ‘External Cephalic Version’ on the colourful labyrinthine post-modern La Muralla Roja in Calpe, Spain.
Diatom Deli is a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist whose music is, in part, inspired by a single cell microscopic organism that’s housed in glass. Her new album, Time~Lapse Nature, ushers a glittering devotion, with special nods to loved ones.
Born out of grief, Liminality, the debut album of Minru, a Swedish musician based in Berlin, encourages us to slow down and be in the moment. Watch her beautiful video for ‘Light End’, shot on Super 8.
Brighton’s Wax Machine have released a double A-side single, with the psychedelic explosion of Springtime (watch the video) coupled with a tripped-out new version of Canto De Lemanja. Both tracks feature on their forthcoming new album Hermit’s Grove, released 1st July on Batov Records.
Son of John, the project of singer-songwriter Jacob Johnson, returns as a trio with John Parker (Nizlopi) and Jack Walker (Gorillabot). Taken from their new album ‘Each Second FootStep’, watch the video for their lead single Lay Low, also our Song of the Day.
Loudon Wainwright III has announced the release of Lifetime Achievement, his first album of new original songs since 2014’s Haven’t Got The Blues Yet. Watch the accompanying video to his lead single ‘Town & Country’.
Welcome to the weird & wonderful world of The A’s, a new duo featuring Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath & Daughter of Swords’ Alexandra Sauser-Monnig. Watch the video for their lead single “He Needs Me,” a spectral reimagining of Harry Nilsson and Shelley Duvall’s 1980 Popeye classic.
Last year, Charlie Parr released Last Of The Better Days Ahead, described by Folk Radio as an engrossing, captivating album from a tireless innovator. Watch his latest video for ‘Bed of Wasps’.
